Stepbrothers with Benefits

Falling for my stepbrother was inevitable.

Eli is my opposite in every way. Broody, controlled, always serious. I’m the tattooed chaos he loves… as a brother. We share everything, an apartment, a family, and a vlog that pays the bills. What we don’t share is the truth of our feelings.
Whenever someone calls us brothers, we rush to add “step.” I’ve loved him in secret for years, but lines like that aren’t supposed to be crossed. Not when he had a girlfriend. Not when I had a boyfriend.
But one stolen touch turns into something we can’t take back, and suddenly every line we swore not to cross is behind us.
Keeping us a secret was already hard, but when a kiss caught on camera goes viral, the life we built together is suddenly on the line. Friends, family, our future—everything.
I was scared before, but now…running feels safer. Loving him feels impossible. But losing him? That’s the one thing I can’t risk.